[macvoiceover] Re: Navigating the screen

From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>

To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:44:47 -0400

Hi there,
I too am new to the mac, but I can share with you what I have learned in terms
of differences from Jaws.
To open a program you press comand o instead of enter.
To activate a link or Icon you press control option space bar or vo (Voice
over) keys+space bar.
Hope that is a start to help you..
Nicole
On Mar 19, 2010, at 3:22 AM, Jeronimo Schöber wrote:
> Hello,
> I am sorry to start out from the very basics.
> I just activated voiceover on my mac and find that I can not navigate the
> scren either by arrow keys or tab and shift tab.
> Seemingly I can not activate a button or icon by pressing enter.
> These are things I expect from using Jaws for windows. So could anybody be so
> kint as to indicate a source of general and basic info on how to use
> voiceover and the mac?
> I'd need info on keyboard shortcuts as well as basic navigation opening
> programs and such. I don't really need an intro to Mac OS though.
> Thanks a lot
> Jeronimo
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